title: The new business of surgery. New payment models are changing the definition of success for hospital operating rooms.
abstract: Quality and cost control define successful surgical departments.
authors.affiliation: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill., USA. dyoung@surgicaldirections.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Jeffry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States